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University of Houston - Downtown

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 5,500,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Houston, TX

Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,578 (48%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (78%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,677
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 99%
From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 59%
Black 17%
White 10%
Asian 9%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2012 Men: 49.7% 49.7% 2013 Men: 43.9% 43.9% 2014 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2015 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2016 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2017 Men: 42.1% 42.1% 2018 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2019 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2020 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2021 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2022 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2023 Men: 47.0% 47.0% 2024 Men: 46.6% 46.6% 2025 Men: 48.9% 48.9%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2012 Asian: 9.7% 9.7% 2013 Asian: 12.4% 12.4% 2014 Asian: 12.3% 12.3% 2015 Asian: 13.3% 13.3% 2016 Asian: 8.4% 8.4% 2017 Asian: 10.2% 10.2% 2018 Asian: 8.4% 8.4% 2019 Asian: 7.9% 7.9% 2020 Asian: 7.7% 7.7% 2021 Asian: 8.2% 8.2% 2022 Asian: 8.3% 8.3% 2023 Asian: 10.2% 10.2% 2024 Asian: 8.0% 8.0% 2025 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2011 Black: 22.0% 22.0% 2012 Black: 17.0% 17.0% 2013 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2014 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2015 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2016 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2017 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2018 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2019 Black: 9.2% 9.2% 2020 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2021 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2022 Black: 11.3% 11.3% 2023 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2024 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2025 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2011 Hispanic: 52.9% 52.9% 2012 Hispanic: 56.4% 56.4% 2013 Hispanic: 58.9% 58.9% 2014 Hispanic: 61.7% 61.7% 2015 Hispanic: 64.7% 64.7% 2016 Hispanic: 69.6% 69.6% 2017 Hispanic: 69.9% 69.9% 2018 Hispanic: 69.9% 69.9% 2019 Hispanic: 72.7% 72.7% 2020 Hispanic: 72.4% 72.4% 2021 Hispanic: 70.3% 70.3% 2022 Hispanic: 71.8% 71.8% 2023 Hispanic: 72.5% 72.5% 2024 Hispanic: 73.0% 73.0% 2025 Hispanic: 69.7% 69.7% 2011 White: 11.6% 11.6% 2012 White: 7.1% 7.1% 2013 White: 7.1% 7.1% 2014 White: 5.7% 5.7% 2015 White: 6.5% 6.5% 2016 White: 4.0% 4.0% 2017 White: 3.7% 3.7% 2018 White: 6.5% 6.5% 2019 White: 4.2% 4.2% 2020 White: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 White: 5.9% 5.9% 2022 White: 5.5% 5.5% 2023 White: 5.4% 5.4% 2024 White: 5.2% 5.2% 2025 White: 5.3% 5.3% 2011 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2012 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2013 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2014 International: 7.9% 7.9% 2015 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2016 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2017 International: 7.1% 7.1% 2018 International: 6.3% 6.3% 2019 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2020 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2021 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2022 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 International: 1.3% 1.3%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 6,271 6,271 2012 Total: 6,748 6,748 2013 Total: 6,875 6,875 2014 Total: 7,052 7,052 2015 Total: 6,640 6,640 2016 Total: 6,323 6,323 2017 Total: 6,310 6,310 2018 Total: 6,192 6,192 2019 Total: 6,616 6,616 2020 Total: 7,388 7,388 2021 Total: 7,708 7,708 2022 Total: 7,209 7,209 2023 Total: 6,871 6,871 2024 Total: 7,067 7,067 2025 Total: 6,677 6,677 2011 Men: 2,553 2,553 2012 Men: 2,816 2,816 2013 Men: 2,820 2,820 2014 Men: 2,896 2,896 2015 Men: 2,688 2,688 2016 Men: 2,571 2,571 2017 Men: 2,517 2,517 2018 Men: 2,546 2,546 2019 Men: 2,721 2,721 2020 Men: 3,024 3,024 2021 Men: 2,941 2,941 2022 Men: 2,702 2,702 2023 Men: 2,688 2,688 2024 Men: 2,880 2,880 2025 Men: 2,718 2,718 2011 Women: 3,718 3,718 2012 Women: 3,932 3,932 2013 Women: 4,055 4,055 2014 Women: 4,156 4,156 2015 Women: 3,952 3,952 2016 Women: 3,752 3,752 2017 Women: 3,793 3,793 2018 Women: 3,646 3,646 2019 Women: 3,895 3,895 2020 Women: 4,364 4,364 2021 Women: 4,767 4,767 2022 Women: 4,507 4,507 2023 Women: 4,183 4,183 2024 Women: 4,187 4,187 2025 Women: 3,959 3,959

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2013 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 8.9% 8.9% 2012 Asian: 9.2% 9.2% 2013 Asian: 10.3% 10.3% 2014 Asian: 10.4% 10.4% 2015 Asian: 10.7% 10.7% 2016 Asian: 10.1% 10.1% 2017 Asian: 9.8% 9.8% 2018 Asian: 9.7% 9.7% 2019 Asian: 9.3% 9.3% 2020 Asian: 9.1% 9.1% 2021 Asian: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2023 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2024 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2025 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2011 Black: 26.0% 26.0% 2012 Black: 24.7% 24.7% 2013 Black: 23.6% 23.6% 2014 Black: 22.1% 22.1% 2015 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2016 Black: 18.7% 18.7% 2017 Black: 16.8% 16.8% 2018 Black: 16.0% 16.0% 2019 Black: 15.0% 15.0% 2020 Black: 15.7% 15.7% 2021 Black: 16.2% 16.2% 2022 Black: 16.5% 16.5% 2023 Black: 15.4% 15.4% 2024 Black: 15.5% 15.5% 2025 Black: 16.9% 16.9% 2011 Hispanic: 37.1% 37.1% 2012 Hispanic: 38.7% 38.7% 2013 Hispanic: 40.3% 40.3% 2014 Hispanic: 42.6% 42.6% 2015 Hispanic: 44.7% 44.7% 2016 Hispanic: 47.2% 47.2% 2017 Hispanic: 50.5% 50.5% 2018 Hispanic: 52.3% 52.3% 2019 Hispanic: 54.1% 54.1% 2020 Hispanic: 52.7% 52.7% 2021 Hispanic: 52.6% 52.6% 2022 Hispanic: 56.9% 56.9% 2023 Hispanic: 58.1% 58.1% 2024 Hispanic: 59.4% 59.4% 2025 Hispanic: 58.8% 58.8% 2011 White: 19.2% 19.2% 2012 White: 17.7% 17.7% 2013 White: 16.4% 16.4% 2014 White: 15.1% 15.1% 2015 White: 15.0% 15.0% 2016 White: 14.6% 14.6% 2017 White: 13.7% 13.7% 2018 White: 12.9% 12.9% 2019 White: 12.1% 12.1% 2020 White: 12.8% 12.8% 2021 White: 12.9% 12.9% 2022 White: 11.9% 11.9% 2023 White: 11.0% 11.0% 2024 White: 10.3% 10.3% 2025 White: 9.6% 9.6% 2011 International: 6.9% 6.9% 2012 International: 7.1% 7.1% 2013 International: 6.5% 6.5% 2014 International: 6.7% 6.7% 2015 International: 7.0% 7.0% 2016 International: 6.5% 6.5% 2017 International: 6.7% 6.7% 2018 International: 7.1% 7.1% 2019 International: 6.7% 6.7% 2020 International: 6.6% 6.6% 2021 International: 5.9% 5.9% 2022 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 International: 2.1% 2.1%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
University of Houston - Downtown 2,954 34% 13% 9% 18% 54% 2% $65,447 29 -0.37 74 93% 5.5%
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician 14 — 86% 29% 14% 14% 21% 21% $110,380 74 +0.59 98 100% — — — —
Computer Science 130 — 83% 8% 22% 14% 40% 10% $78,447 4 -1.36 87 98% — — — —
Data Science 18 — 61% 6% 11% 17% 56% 11% $81,992 10 -1.32 89 — — — — —
Applied Statistics 3 +1 67% 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% $74,725 5 -1.08 84 — — — — —
Chemistry 16 — 38% 6% 19% 12% 62% 0% $80,749 87 +0.88 88 100% — — — —
Geosciences 21 — 67% 43% 0% 0% 52% 5% $74,843 87 +0.88 84 97% — — — —
Mathematics 9 — 33% 33% 11% 0% 44% 11% $69,137 29 -0.61 78 91% — — — —
Biological and Physical Sciences 15 — 27% 7% 7% 20% 67% 0% $62,091 25 -0.51 68 94% — — — —
Biology 111 — 25% 11% 9% 12% 62% 3% $63,782 37 -0.31 71 90% — — — —
Biotechnology 16 — 50% 0% 19% 25% 38% 19% $65,932 21 -0.49 74 — — — — —
Behavioral Aspects of Health 51 — 14% 6% 14% 14% 59% 0% $53,657 9 -1.01 50 82% — — — —
Nursing 32 — 9% 3% 6% 50% 16% 22% $109,976 96 +1.77 98 — — — — —
Accounting 252 +4 37% 14% 12% 12% 58% 2% $73,444 20 -0.88 83 95% — — — —
Business Management and Administration 140 — 41% 11% 9% 17% 58% 2% $74,413 58 -0.17 83 94% 5.2% — — —
Finance 144 — 51% 10% 14% 12% 59% 1% $75,128 10 -0.83 84 93% 5.3% — — —
General Business 209 — 28% 18% 5% 15% 56% 1% $64,773 23 -0.67 73 94% 5.4% — — —
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 41 +4 10% 7% 5% 17% 66% 2% $68,328 28 -0.55 77 — — — — —
International Business 39 +1 26% 10% 3% 15% 67% 5% $70,050 33 -0.60 79 94% 4.2% — — —
Logistics 90 +2 59% 17% 18% 8% 51% 6% $74,413 12 -1.03 83 94% 5.2% — — —
Management Information Systems and Statistics 136 — 69% 13% 23% 17% 40% 1% $72,576 8 -1.14 82 92% 4.7% — — —
Marketing 95 +1 33% 7% 13% 14% 61% 3% $66,861 18 -0.83 75 86% 5.0% — — —
Risk Management and Insurance 23 +1 30% 35% 4% 22% 35% 0% $81,517 11 -1.27 89 95% — — — —
English 37 — 27% 14% 3% 22% 54% 0% $53,497 59 +0.13 49 88% — — — —
History 39 — 67% 23% 3% 28% 46% 0% $52,140 33 -0.47 46 92% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 227 — 25% 15% 6% 33% 44% 0% $60,309 74 +0.29 65 93% 4.8% — — —
Philosophy 6 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 83% 0% $52,183 24 -0.70 46 — — — — —
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 12 — 8% 0% 8% 25% 58% 0% $48,429 32 -0.49 36 86% — — — —
Spanish 10 — 20% 10% 0% 0% 80% 10% $50,125 22 -0.71 40 100% — — — —
Communication 59 — 24% 7% 3% 27% 61% 0% $61,764 54 -0.01 68 92% — — — —
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 8 — 50% 50% 0% 12% 38% 0% $46,590 6 -0.93 31 — — — — —
Political Science 43 — 49% 16% 2% 21% 49% 0% $58,396 12 -1.02 61 83% — — — —
Psychology 287 — 13% 15% 3% 26% 49% 2% $57,302 65 +0.34 59 92% 6.7% — — —
Social Sciences 16 — 12% 19% 6% 31% 38% 0% $47,534 8 -0.85 33 86% — — — —
Social Work 89 — 11% 11% 3% 31% 51% 0% $55,851 64 +0.31 55 90% — — — —
Sociology 20 — 40% 10% 10% 35% 45% 0% $44,453 3 -1.13 25 89% — — — —
Education 190 — 8% 14% 2% 8% 74% 1% $58,079 71 +0.35 61 — — — — —
Visual and Performing Arts 34 — 24% 15% 9% 21% 50% 3% $38,366 21 -0.63 12 88% — — — —
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians 15 — 67% 13% 7% 7% 73% 0% $94,071 24 -0.57 95 100% — — — —
Criminal Justice 244 — 36% 12% 7% 20% 59% 0% $57,702 37 -0.30 60 95% 6.0% — — —
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician 13 — 46% 15% 0% 31% 54% 0% $72,916 9 -1.31 82 97% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,098
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,669
Est. In-State Cost $10,476
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,150
ROI Percentile 74th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 67%
4-Year Graduation Rate 14%
6-Year Graduation Rate 33%
Transfer-Out Rate 30%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 14.7% 14.7% 2012 Graduated: 11.9% 11.9% 2013 Graduated: 14.1% 14.1% 2014 Graduated: 19.2% 19.2% 2015 Graduated: 13.3% 13.3% 2016 Graduated: 15.9% 15.9% 2017 Graduated: 20.8% 20.8% 2018 Graduated: 20.4% 20.4% 2019 Graduated: 28.5% 28.5% 2020 Graduated: 29.9% 29.9% 2021 Graduated: 30.3% 30.3% 2022 Graduated: 30.9% 30.9% 2023 Graduated: 33.8% 33.8% 2024 Graduated: 33.2% 33.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 11.4% 2012 Men: 8.2% 2013 Men: 9.7% 2014 Men: 14.7% 2015 Men: 11.9% 2016 Men: 11.6% 2017 Men: 12.2% 2018 Men: 14.4% 2019 Men: 21.7% 2020 Men: 23.2% 2021 Men: 21.8% 2022 Men: 22.3% 2023 Men: 26.6% 2024 Men: 22.8% 2011 Women: 17.5% 2012 Women: 15.0% 2013 Women: 18.0% 2014 Women: 22.5% 2015 Women: 14.6% 2016 Women: 19.4% 2017 Women: 27.2% 2018 Women: 26.3% 2019 Women: 33.8% 2020 Women: 35.3% 2021 Women: 36.5% 2022 Women: 37.6% 2023 Women: 38.9% 2024 Women: 42.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 14.8% 2012 Asian: 7.5% 2013 Asian: 13.5% 2014 Asian: 9.8% 2015 Asian: 14.1% 2016 Asian: 12.0% 2017 Asian: 19.5% 2018 Asian: 26.8% 2019 Asian: 24.8% 2020 Asian: 24.1% 2021 Asian: 27.6% 2022 Asian: 22.7% 2023 Asian: 25.3% 2024 Asian: 29.4% 2011 Black: 10.4% 2012 Black: 6.7% 2013 Black: 11.7% 2014 Black: 12.4% 2015 Black: 10.4% 2016 Black: 11.8% 2017 Black: 16.7% 2018 Black: 9.6% 2019 Black: 18.0% 2020 Black: 24.7% 2021 Black: 29.0% 2022 Black: 30.0% 2023 Black: 26.5% 2024 Black: 31.6% 2011 Hispanic: 17.7% 2012 Hispanic: 14.4% 2013 Hispanic: 14.8% 2014 Hispanic: 23.8% 2015 Hispanic: 15.4% 2016 Hispanic: 17.9% 2017 Hispanic: 21.4% 2018 Hispanic: 24.0% 2019 Hispanic: 31.5% 2020 Hispanic: 30.6% 2021 Hispanic: 30.9% 2022 Hispanic: 32.3% 2023 Hispanic: 35.8% 2024 Hispanic: 34.7% 2011 White: 10.5% 2012 White: 6.3% 2013 White: 13.7% 2014 White: 18.3% 2015 White: 11.3% 2016 White: 13.7% 2017 White: 23.4% 2018 White: 15.9% 2019 White: 23.6% 2020 White: 25.0% 2021 White: 31.4% 2022 White: 28.6% 2023 White: 30.3% 2024 White: 23.8% 2011 International: 18.6% 2012 International: 25.7% 2013 International: 21.3% 2014 International: 22.4% 2015 International: 12.2% 2016 International: 24.7% 2017 International: 27.1% 2018 International: 18.1% 2019 International: 32.9% 2020 International: 43.1% 2021 International: 32.7% 2022 International: 57.1% 2023 International: 50.0% 2024 International: 0.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 39.6% 1,169 41% 14% 11% 14% 55% 2% $71,522 31 -0.77 81 93% 5.1%
Social Sciences 17.7% 522 19% 14% 4% 27% 50% 1% $56,693 43 +0.07 57 91% 6.7%
Humanities 11.2% 331 30% 15% 5% 30% 48% 0% $57,699 65 +0.10 60 92% 4.8%
Professional 9.2% 272 38% 12% 6% 19% 60% 0% $60,435 27 -0.37 65 95% 6.0%
Education 6.4% 190 8% 14% 2% 8% 74% 1% $58,079 76 +0.35 61 — —
Computer Science 5.5% 162 81% 10% 20% 14% 40% 11% $81,601 7 -1.19 89 98% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.8% 142 28% 9% 10% 14% 60% 4% $63,846 32 -0.35 71 90% —
Health Sciences 2.8% 83 12% 5% 11% 28% 42% 8% $75,370 42 +0.06 84 82% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.7% 49 51% 29% 12% 4% 51% 4% $75,716 41 +0.49 85 97% —
Arts 1.2% 34 24% 15% 9% 21% 50% 3% $38,366 4 -0.63 12 88% —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education $1.0M #235 83% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.4M #405 33% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.3M #490 69% $0.0M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.1M #503 40% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #371 79% $0.0M — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #388 81% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.1M #488 67% $0.1M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 88%
Yield (non-ED) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 88% 87% 80%
Unhooked Early Decision 0% 0% —

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, faculty-related, and Questbridge

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Acceptance: 95.1% 95.1% 2014 Acceptance: 84.2% 84.2% 2015 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6% 2016 Acceptance: 82.9% 82.9% 2017 Acceptance: 84.1% 84.1% 2018 Acceptance: 83.2% 83.2% 2019 Acceptance: 88.7% 88.7% 2020 Acceptance: 92.8% 92.8% 2021 Acceptance: 94.8% 94.8% 2022 Acceptance: 88.4% 88.4% 2023 Acceptance: 90.6% 90.6% 2024 Acceptance: 90.0% 90.0% 2025 Acceptance: 87.9% 87.9% 2013 Yield: 38.4% 38.4% 2014 Yield: 36.5% 36.5% 2015 Yield: 32.7% 32.7% 2016 Yield: 27.1% 27.1% 2017 Yield: 29.3% 29.3% 2018 Yield: 29.1% 29.1% 2019 Yield: 29.5% 29.5% 2020 Yield: 26.9% 26.9% 2021 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2022 Yield: 25.3% 25.3% 2023 Yield: 23.7% 23.7% 2024 Yield: 20.0% 20.0% 2025 Yield: 18.3% 18.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Applicants: 3,096 3,096 2014 Applicants: 3,235 3,235 2015 Applicants: 3,460 3,460 2016 Applicants: 4,187 4,187 2017 Applicants: 3,931 3,931 2018 Applicants: 4,416 4,416 2019 Applicants: 5,617 5,617 2020 Applicants: 5,973 5,973 2021 Applicants: 6,148 6,148 2022 Applicants: 6,131 6,131 2023 Applicants: 6,953 6,953 2024 Applicants: 6,551 6,551 2025 Applicants: 7,355 7,355 2013 Admitted: 2,944 2,944 2014 Admitted: 2,723 2,723 2015 Admitted: 2,686 2,686 2016 Admitted: 3,470 3,470 2017 Admitted: 3,305 3,305 2018 Admitted: 3,673 3,673 2019 Admitted: 4,981 4,981 2020 Admitted: 5,544 5,544 2021 Admitted: 5,831 5,831 2022 Admitted: 5,421 5,421 2023 Admitted: 6,302 6,302 2024 Admitted: 5,893 5,893 2025 Admitted: 6,465 6,465 2013 Enrolled: 1,130 1,130 2014 Enrolled: 993 993 2015 Enrolled: 877 877 2016 Enrolled: 939 939 2017 Enrolled: 967 967 2018 Enrolled: 1,069 1,069 2019 Enrolled: 1,467 1,467 2020 Enrolled: 1,491 1,491 2021 Enrolled: 1,360 1,360 2022 Enrolled: 1,373 1,373 2023 Enrolled: 1,491 1,491 2024 Enrolled: 1,181 1,181 2025 Enrolled: 1,185 1,185

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 64%
SAT Range 880 – 1050
SAT Math Range 430 – 530
SAT RW Range 440 – 540

SAT Composite

800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 800 800 2014 25th: 820 820 2015 25th: 810 810 2016 25th: 820 820 2017 25th: 920 920 2018 25th: 940 940 2019 25th: 920 920 2022 25th: 960 960 2023 25th: 960 960 2024 25th: 940 940 2013 75th: 990 990 2014 75th: 980 980 2015 75th: 990 990 2016 75th: 990 990 2017 75th: 1070 1070 2018 75th: 1080 1080 2019 75th: 1080 1080 2022 75th: 1100 1100 2023 75th: 1110 1110 2024 75th: 1110 1110

SAT Math

400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 420 420 2014 25th: 430 430 2015 25th: 420 420 2016 25th: 420 420 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 470 470 2024 25th: 460 460 2013 75th: 510 510 2014 75th: 510 510 2015 75th: 510 510 2016 75th: 510 510 2017 75th: 540 540 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 540 540 2022 75th: 550 550 2023 75th: 550 550 2024 75th: 550 550

SAT Reading & Writing

300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 380 380 2014 25th: 390 390 2015 25th: 390 390 2016 25th: 400 400 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 490 490 2024 25th: 480 480 2013 75th: 480 480 2014 75th: 470 470 2015 75th: 480 480 2016 75th: 480 480 2017 75th: 530 530 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 540 540 2022 75th: 550 550 2023 75th: 560 560 2024 75th: 560 560

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2024 Submitted: 45.0% 45.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.